Editing Shigeru Yoshida (section)

==Later years and legacy==
[[File:Grave of Shigeru Yoshida, in the Aoyama Cemetery.jpg|thumb|right|Yoshida's grave in the Aoyama Cemetery]]
After his resignation he spent most of his time at his villa in Oiso, though he remained a member of the House of Representatives until [[1963 Japanese general election|1963]]. Yoshida served a president of the America-Japan Society from 1960 and as chancellor of [[Kogakkan University]] from 1962.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ajstokyo.org/en/about/ |title=What We Are |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2016 |publisher=The America-Japan Society, Inc. |access-date=28 June 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kogakkan-u.ac.jp/english/about/history.php |title=History |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Kogakkan University |access-date=28 June 2024 }}</ref> He was also president of the [[Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums]].<ref>Miller, Ian Jared, ''The Nature of the Beasts: Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo,'' p. 187</ref>

Shigeru Yoshida died on 20 October 1967 at his home in Oiso. He was baptized on his deathbed, having hidden his [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] throughout most of his life. His funeral was held in [[St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo]] and he was buried at [[Aoyama Cemetery]].

His state funeral was held in [[Nippon Budokan]] on 31 October 1967 in the presence of the [[Akihito|Crown Prince]] and [[Empress Michiko|Princess]].

Under Yoshida's leadership, Japan began to rebuild its lost industrial infrastructure and placed a premium on unrestrained economic growth. Many of these concepts still impact Japan's political and economic policies. However, since the 1970s environmental movement, the bursting of Japan's economic bubble, and the end of the Cold War, Japan has been struggling to redefine its national goals. Yoshida has long been regarded as prioritising the economy over defense, but recent years have seen a reevaluation of this viewpoint. 

In his 1982 book "Leaders", US President [[Richard Nixon]] praised Yoshida as one of the greatest world leaders during his lifetime for his role in Japan's post-WWII economic miracle.{{sfn|Nixon|1982|pp=80-140}}